Brazil Potash says Mura accept Amazon mine, prosecutors disagree

30/9/2023 15:23

        Brazil Potash Corp, the Canadian firm planning to build Latin America's largest fertilizer mine in the Amazon rainforest, says a local Indigenous people, the Mura, have agreed to the project, but federal prosecutors insist the community is still divided.
        
        Brazil Potash touted the support on Tuesday, a day after a meeting between company executives, Mura leaders, local politicians and Governor Wilson Lima, who has backed the mine to bring investment and jobs to Amazonas state.
        
        The company said in a statement, "This is a major milestone achievement in the project's development as it clearly demonstrates respect for the Mura's wishes," adding that it had completed consultations with the Indigenous community.
        
        Federal prosecutors in Manaus, however, said support for the mine was not unanimous and provided a letter from a Mura village saying community leaders had been misled into signing meeting minutes that the company construed as approval for the mine.